| 词汇 | hieratic |
| 释义 | hieratic adjective uk /ˌhaɪəˈræt.ɪk/ us /ˌhaɪˈræt̬.ɪk/ formal relating to or like priests, or ceremonies performed by priests: He spoke words of power in a hieratic ritual language. She raised both her arms in a hieratic gesture, as if in some kind of blessing. These indigenous traditions are hieratic and they are little known to outsiders. language, history specialized in or relating to the ancient Egyptian writing that developed from early hieroglyphics and was used, especially by priests, from around 3200–3000 BCE until the development of demotic in around 650 BCE: The illustration shows fragments of funerary papyri inscribed in hieratic script. None of the new owners of these antiquities was able to read the hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic texts with which the monuments were covered. Compare demotic hieroglyphic The work is similar to Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in its hieratic solemnity. The arias were sung with stylized hieratic gestures. Students who wanted to discuss novels and poems heard instead about "theory," often expressed in mysterious, hieratic language. Her beautiful face in this image—hieratic, calm and noble—brings to mind the wonderful figures of the romanesque portal of the cathedral of Chartres. Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon clerically confessor curacy curate minister ministry muezzin mullah non-clerical priestly primate rabbi rabbinical the Dalai Lama the priesthood You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious ceremonies & prayers Forms of languages & specialist dialects Ancient history: before 500 AD hieratic noun[ U ] uk /ˌhaɪəˈræt.ɪk/ us /ˌhaɪˈræt̬.ɪk/ language, history specialized the form of ancient Egyptian writing that developed from early hieroglyphics and was used, especially by priests, from around 3200–3000 BCE until the development of demotic in around 650 BCE: The extract, probably part of a larger piece copied out for scribal practice, is written in hieratic. Compare demotic hieroglyphics Hieratic was always written right to left, and could be written in vertical or horizontal rows, the latter being more common. Different styles of hieratic existed, with major differences between business and literary hieratic. Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargonistic journalese legalese lingo lingua franca metalanguage pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English Polari psychobabble shibboleth vernacularly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Ancient history: before 500 AD |
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